#A98A42#A98A42

#A98A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.098 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A42
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 3.18, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 42.36, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0067 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.098 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4353, 27.0069, 8.9737)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A42 #4261A9

analogous

#A95642 #A98A42 #94A942

triadic

#A98A42 #42A98A #8A42A9

tetradic

#A98A42 #42A956 #4261A9 #A94294

square

#A98A42 #42A956 #4261A9 #A94294

split-complementary

#A98A42 #4294A9 #5642A9

monochromatic

#514220 #7D6631 #A98A42 #C3A765 #D4C091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A98A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A98A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A42

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A42	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.098 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab79',
    500: '#a98a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a42;
$custom-light: #c5ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.942,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6476,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A42

secondary

#8798C0

accent

#7BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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